Greetings fine folk and story lovers, I hope your summer has been adventurous and your harvest bountiful. It's this time, around Lughnasa (associated with the Celtic sun god Lugh), that we reap the fruits of the year, and begin to reflect upon the ac...

Greetings distant friend and story lover,I hope your summer has been adventurous and harvest bountiful.I've been back in Scotland for over two months, and the impact of my BC trip is still strong: what a landscape, what hospitality, what a fine time...

Greeting friends and story lovers, August is upon us again. Lughnasadh, harvest time, blaeberry time, and in the wider orbit of Edinburgh, Fringe Festival time!I'm enjoying the buzz of people and entertainment in the city and I've managed to catch a...

Greetings all, I hope this finds you well.Amidst the tidal wave of logistical prep thatI'm learning to surf ahead of my BC tour, I'm delighted to have a couple of storytelling offerings this week. Online and in person.Songs and Stories of ScotlandSta...

Greetings Friends and happy Beltane, The cherry blossom is a radiant pink and the hawthorn is in bloom.It hasn't rained for at least 2 days in Scotland, so maybe summer is on its way?Beltane is a time of fire, frolicking and faeries, a time of ceremo...

Greetings story lovers, I write on a rain soaked Sunday on the bonnie Isle of Bute. Nestled in the mouth of the River Clyde, it's one of Scotland's less fashionable islands yet has its own charm.I'm here, as usual, to tell stories, linking up with a...

Warm Greetings,The first signs of Spring are here with crocuses blooming and the birdsong carrying a more hopeful lilt.Some momentum is picking up with my storytelling projects too, as I head to the recording studio this weekend and launch a new stor...

Greetings all, Just a quick message on a wet and wild Sunday evening, as my Scottish Tales for Telling kickstarter is counting down to it's finale.I've been really touched by all the support so far and having cruised past the funding goal a few weeks...

Greetings story seeker,Thanks for signing up to receive my storytelling resource list. The list includes some of my favourite story related podcasts, online story sources, as well books on storytelling and related culture.There is a Scottish/Celtic a...

Greetings Story Lovers, As the year starts I find myself in a new house, in the picturesque Scottish Borders town of Peebles. It was a bit crazy to move house at midwinter, yet I feel much more relaxed and creative in this new environment, and am enj...